THE devastated parents of a Teesside City banker who jumped to his death from a restaurant rooftop terrace have said they were at a complete loss over why he would have taken his own life.

Oxford graduate Anjool Malde, from Yarm, was two days short of his 25th birthday when he fell from the terrace of Coq dArgent in central London holding a glass of champagne, on July 5 last year.

His death came after his employers began an investigation over allegations he posted a prank message on a financial website.

City of London Coroner Paul Matthews ruled that Mr Malde committed suicide but said: We shall never know why he decided to do it.

The coroner said suicide would be out of character for the high achieving Deutsche Bank employee but the CCTV evidence had driven him to the conclusion it was a deliberate act.

Speaking before the verdict was given, his father, Bharat Malde, said: It is completely out of character for Anjool to take his own life.

If the only evidence is something thats captured on film, it doesnt read his mind. We are at a complete loss.

Mr Malde was a former pupil at Conyers and Egglescliffe schools and when he graduated he was a runner-up in the national Graduate of the Year Awards.

Mr Maldes mother, Naina Malde, broke down in tears and had to leave the room after hearing evidence from Detective Inspector Edelle Michaels, who described her sons last moments.

The police officer, who reviewed the CCTV from the restaurant, said he went to the restaurant alone, ordered a glass of champagne at the bar and walked over to the edge of the terrace where he looked over the edge for about a minute.

He climbed over a glass barrier and jumped downwards with his arms flung back.

Mr Malde had been asked to leave his work at Deutsche Bank early on the afternoon of Friday, July 3, after managers suspended his Bloomberg account and confiscated his personal computer.

The coroner said: This young man had everything to live for, talent, liked by everybody, worked hard for his friends, and came to an untimely end in July last year.

The coroner said there was no evidence Mr Malde was depressed and he was planning to celebrate his birthday with friends.

But he continued: He was a high achiever who set very high targets for himself and its possible that faced with this accusation, even if it was untrue, that may cause him to lose his job or suffer some ignominy, he might think it was a terrible thing to suffer.

The investigation was launched after a client company complained about a prank post on a financial careers website purporting to be from one of their employees which read: Im hot, Im hot.

The bank identified the IP address of the computer from which the message was sent as that of Mr Malde and asked him to attend a meeting on Friday afternoon with director Keith Leno, fraud and security manager Daniel Earp and head of European sales Jonathan Potter.

The men questioned him over the internet post. They also asked about an email subsequently sent to the client company employee from a Gmail account from somebody calling himself Raj Rocks.

The author of the email said he was suicidal over the incident.

Giving evidence, Mr Earp said: He said that he had a Gmail account but those emails were not from him and neither did he identify with the sentiment in the content of the emails, in particular about feeling suicidal.